SB 11.16.9 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.16.9

అహమాత్మోద్ధవామీషాం భూతానాం సుహృదీశ్వర: । అహం సర్వాణి భూతాని తేషాం స్థిత్యుద్భ‍వాప్యయ: ॥ ౯ ॥

aham ātmoddhavāmīṣāṁ

[aham aatmoddhavaameeshaam]

bhūtānāṁ suhṛd īśvaraḥ

[bhootaanaam suhrid eeshvarah]

ahaṁ sarvāṇi bhūtāni

[aham sarvaani bhootaani]

teṣāṁ sthity-udbhavāpyayaḥ

[teshaam sthity-udbhavaapyayah]

Word-for-word

aham — I am ātmā — the Supersoul uddhava — O Uddhava amīṣām — of these bhūtānām — living entities su-hṛt — the well-wisher īśvaraḥ — the supreme controller aham — I am sarvāṇi bhūtāni — all entities teṣām — of them sthiti — the maintenance udbhava — creation apyayaḥ — and annihilation.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

aham ātmoddhavāmīṣāṁ

aham

I am

ātmā

the Supersoul

bhūtānāṁ suhṛd īśvaraḥ

ahaṁ sarvāṇi bhūtāni

teṣāṁ sthity-udbhavāpyayaḥ

uddhava

O Uddhava

amīṣām

of these

bhūtānām

living entities

su-hṛt

the well-wisher

īśvaraḥ

the supreme controller

aham

I am

sarvāṇi bhūtāni

all entities

teṣām

of them

sthiti

the maintenance

udbhava

creation

apyayaḥ

and annihilation.

My dear Uddhava, I am the Supersoul of all living entities, and therefore I am naturally their well-wisher and supreme controller. Being the creator, maintainer and annihilator of all entities, I am not different from them.

Purport

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī points out that the Personality of Godhead maintains an ablative and genitive relationship with His opulences. In other words, the Lord is not different from all living entities, because they are coming from Him and they belong to Him. The Lord gave a similar explanation to Arjuna in the Tenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā (10.20) , beginning with the same words, aham ātmā. Although the Lord describes His external, or material, opulences, the Lord’s position is always transcendental and nonmaterial. Just as the living soul within the body gives life to the body, similarly, the Lord, by His supreme potency, gives life to all universal opulences.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

O Uddhava! I am the Supersoul of all living entities, and therefore I am naturally their well-wisher and supreme controller. I am the creator, maintainer and annihilator of all entities. Kṛṣṇa describes the vibhūtis in general.

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